From Ganondagan State Historic Site in New York to Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming, from Kituhwa Mound in North Carolina to Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Illinois, and from Navajo National Monument in Arizona to Nez Perce National Historical Park in Idaho, this guide describes 366 places that are significant to American Indians and are open to the public. The short essays were contributed by authorities who know and revere these places, including Suzan Shown Harjo, Frederick Hoxie, Clara Sue Kidwell, Rennard Strickland, and editor Frances Kennedy, as well as tribal historians and culture committees, and the book is illustrated with 34 color photos.

"This will become an indispensable guide to those special places that remind us that every place we think we 'discovered' was already someone else's home."—Ken Burns

"A highly readable, extremely responsible and brilliant blend of guidebook entries and background essays by the most knowledgeable scholars and writers in the field of American Indian history and culture today ... a brand new American experience for the adventuresome vacationer and armchair traveller alike."—Peter Nabokov